Ambition is like hunger; it obeys no law but its appetite
Common sense is instinct, and enough of it is genius.
The unfortunate do not pity the unfortunate.
Common sense is the knack of seeing things as they are, and doing things as they ought to be done.
Time is like money, the less we have of it to spare the further we make it go.
I called my cat William because no shorter name fits the dignity of his character. Poor old man, he has fits now, so I call him Fitz-William.